History of KA-BAR USMC Fighting Knife

[@Seppiedog]

I have the Case Hunter USMC 00334, got it from an old gas station shop. Never used it, still in the box, just had to get it. lol Thanks for the video SMKW.

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Thanks for watching James!

[@t-rex3813]

They have said the name came from a badly damaged appreciation letter written by a trapper who was retelling a story of how he used the knife to Kill A Bar but all the they could make out was KABAR….something like that anyway

[@GromMolotok]

A true classic. I'd love to see the restoration.

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Thanks for watching Grom!

[@jasondominguez2806]

Thank you T.C. for the story! I have a couple cold steel "leather necks " purchased about a decade ago.

[@Sambo169]

I just purchased this sama Ka-bar! Thanks for sharing!

[@SMKWcom]

No school like the old school!

[@1s1k97]

Bruh, caught your slight giggle when naming services ( Space Force ). 😂😂🆒

[@DailyDrivenBikes_1]

They're an awesome knife. And the name came from a spelling error from kill a bear.

[@PsyCygnet]

Thank you! Someone else who knows the story too…..As a former soldier & knife collector I’ve told many of my U.K. country folk this story and none believe me! You are a legend mu friend! Back up at last!

[@100reality2]

Yes that is correct,the man wrote that on a piece of paper before he died?

[@-redacted_by_youtube]

No it was him thanking the company. It was smudged all they could read of "kill a bear" was "k a b a r" so they honored him by calling it a ka bar.​@@100reality2

[@benjaminhahn]

Owned a slew of Kabars in my life. I recently upgraded to a magnacut version made by Spartan knives. Kabar is a must in any collection.

[@rockd8946]

Excellent TC. Enjoyed

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[@Shookmeister]

Thanks for sharing TC! Love me a K-Bar!

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[@robertbudnik3318]

Excellent historical presentation TC!

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[@mikecurtis2585]

Great Classic design!

[@johnfromscotland1050]

Yup, I do and I'm from Scotland, one of my most favourite stories...... A man was out hunting and was confronted by a bear, he had either ran out of rounds for his gun or it jammed but couldn't use it when the bear attacked, through grit and determination he survived the attack by killing the bear with his knife, a hunting knife made by an American company. The hunter was so grateful that he survived, he contacted the company that made the knife which saved his life which was Union Cutlery..... unfortunately his writing was so bad and his spelling so poor that the letter said "Kil a bar with ma nif", so kil a bar was adapted to the name we all know KA-BAR....so the knifes name was born, a legend was told and a company now has a legacy....... Ka-bar 🗡 Now thats a legendary story told my kids and grandchildren...... short but sweet, hope i did it justice.....👍👍👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🍺🍺🍺

[@mikereese15]

Awesome history

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Thanks Mike!

[@mikeloeffler2801]

Good job TC very informative love to channel keep up the great work👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

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[@whammofammo7346]

Very well done! Thank you!

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[@Iamthedudeman00]

Spartan blades is making a magnacut version of the Kabar USMC knife, i think it is releasing soon around may or so, hoping to get one.

[@Dookie69uk]

Very interesting history, I wonder if the steel was 1095, probably was at that time. Simple, but tough steel.

[@addictedtoblades2]

Very informative, thanks for sharing 👍

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Thanks for watching ATB!

[@willbart1236]

I would love to have one with‘ US Space Force’ on it. That would be too cool.

[@SMKWcom]

They make one www.smkw.com/kabar-ussf-space-bar-knife

[@NukeCult666]

Historic, simple, useful . I have usn mk 1 and the dogs head versions love them both.

[@SMKWcom]

Love the MK1!

[@johnsimms818]

G=eat knife mine has US Army because i was in the Army 1966-1968 and i drove aboat LCM -8 .

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[@AceCorr]

Some people say KA-BAR stands for "kill a bear". Some others say it represented "Kodiac bear" KA=Kodiac, BAR= Bear. I think it is the former rather than the latter. It doesn't really matter. The fact that it is capable of killing a Kodiac bear shows the durability and strength of the knife as well as its sharpness. It is a formidable weapon and I am sure no animal will want to confront you once it sees you wielding this weapon! I own a KA-BAR and I like how powerful it feels. Just holding onto the knife builds confidence. So vicious pit bulls beware..... a KA-BAR user is here!

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[@MrObsvenchilde]

I think having to coat your own knife is a neat right of passage

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[@elflakeador09]

Does anybody know if it saw action on D day?

[@humaydarmahomedy]

:kilt a bar" 😁

[@derrickforeal4739]

1920s Wallace Brown receives a package that forever alters the history of the company. The story, as first published in a training manual written years later by M.L. Brown, Vice President of Sales, Union Cutlery, is as follows: "Years ago an Alaskan hunter had shot a bear who then attacked him and knocked his rifle from his hands. In order for the hunter to protect his life, he took a knife made by Union Cutlery company and successfully killed the bear, which was the Kodiak bear species. The hunter in appreciation of the knife having saved his life sent the bear skin to President Wallace Brown. The thought then occurred to the management of the company that if the Kodiak bear is the strongest of the bear species, and the word bear is pronounced "bar", and further, if the cutlery produced by the Union Cutlery Company was the best and strongest of its kind, then it should be very significant that "Ka-bar" might truly represent the qualities of the company's products. Thus the Ka-Bar trademark was adopted."

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[@bigboi1124]

Anyone in the know care to tackle this question? I want to buy my adult son a KA-BAR for his upcoming birthday. Foremost, I want it to be a KA-BAR (I hate to say replica) that was issued, preferably to the USMC. I'm seeing the 5 3/4 inch blade, 7 inch blade, dogs head style, serrated, and the black handled dog's head red spacer model that was apparently a WW2 issue and somewhat collectible. There are of course the engraved anniversary edition collectables also. Simply put, were the dogs head, serrated and shorter bladed models issued to Army/Marine Corps. or are they non-issue options. Are the Engraved collectors editions worth the extra? Really interested in the black dogs head red spacer model. Just want to keep it authentic issue as a collectible as I doubt he would want to use it. Thanks.

[@SMKWcom]

Here are all the KA-BAR fixed blades we have www.smkw.com/brands/ka-bar?knife_type=1513

[@ЗолотовСеребров]

Прекрасная Классика☝️👏👏👏✊️😌

[@MrObsvenchilde]

If the space force ever needs these then we are probably having a bad time

[@SMKWcom]

It's the same reason as NASA sending a machete in the Apollo missions, not for use in space but in case of crash landing in the ocean and finding themselves on an island. A lot easier to crack a coconut with one then without

[@bigboi1124]

KA-LASER?

[@agustintellez136]

I have several knives...I have a more modern knife next to my night stand glock....but I have a KABAR in my "go bag".

[@SMKWcom]

Always a good to have a to go bag

[@BePrepared1992]

Classic I love mine but after hearing rumors of it breaking easily I think I'd take a buck 124 or an esee 6 perhaps.

[@hichamtata4774]

Hello mon ami 🇺🇸🫡 KA-BAR un couteau qui respire l'histoire une légende du couteau de combat et de survie très jolies couteaux qui en n'a Vu des choses 💯

[@SMKWcom]

Une légende construite avec le feu du cœur des soldats et maintenue au fil des ans avec dignité et respect

[@franknorris2806]

KA bar comes from this man in Alaska who defended his life by killing a bear and so he said "kill a bear" and it sount like KA bar

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💯 correct

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[@shoot2reload]

Knife Attachment -Browning Automatic Rifle, Browning bayonet

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[@baffledsquirrel2122]

Ka bar got the name from someone apparently killing a bear with it

[@SMKWcom]

You are correct sir!

[@alexjennings5195]

The name is said to have come from a letter talking about how they encountered a bear and had to.use that knife to kill it, but some of the letters were messed up so it was seen as "I had to K A B ar" instead of "kill a bear" so that's what they decided to name the blade.

[@IOBLAC]

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[@kjgas6945]

Heck ya

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[@BladesRKing]

Letter from a user that wasn’t good in English as he wrote a letter saying he ( killed a bear) be his grammar said ka bar with his knife. I short version of course.

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[@harrystangel6857]

Carried mine for my entire Tour. My Friend Jim Stogner killed 7 NVA with his. Received Navy Cross 50:yrs latter. Should have been MOH‼️Look him up on internet. Warrior ‼️

[@richbutler7828]

U.S. Gov. Spec's calls for Rough Anti Rot Coated Handle and Parkerized Blades. Polished leather and Powder Coated Blades are made for the Civilian/Commercial Market. Kabar never made these knives for the Gov. After WW2 The Majority of the U.S. Issue Mark 2 Combat Knives were made by Camillus & Utica Cutlery.

[@rain420war]

It came from a letter written to the at the time Union cutlery of a man who killed a bear with his knife the only letters they could make out of the time cuz the letter was old and Faded was ka-bar kill a bear so they adopted ka bar

[@ddwchamp]

Ka Bar means "Kill Bear"

[@StevanOutdoor]

First mistake. It's NOT USMC but Navy model Mark 2. Of course the USMC is Navy branch. They made a design and found contractors to produce it. So they did not make it under the Ka-Bar name because Ka-Bar was relatively late to the party with producing this. Camillus, Ontario, Western are some of the producers who where there before Ka-Bar. So if you want to teach history, get it right.

[@chinastar1177]

Someone killed a bear and wrote a letter back to the knife maker. Mispelled kill a bear so they got kAbar

[@donc5220]

Its story about a letter and a bear i believe .

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[@TheEzzieboy]

Killed a bar (bear)=kabar

[@robertpirtle3638]

No leave it the way it is . There’s plenty of new ones around

[@JesseBrown36oldarmyvet]

Ka bar means kill a bear knife

[@DestinationArkansas]

Kodiak bear

[@joshuamoses1631]

I'm sure this knife has or had some benefits in days gone by, but that knife is soooooo weak compared to today's knife steel

[@AceCorr]

How is this knife weak? If it is capable of killing bears, it can definitely protect you from wolves, pit bulls, coyotes, etc. What knife would you recommend then? What are your top choices?

[@syvx]

Please, instead of restoring that knife, document it and record its history. Its history would be much more meaningful to its condition. Heck, we can always buy another knife from Ka Bar.

[@57ezrider]

bear killer

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[@brandonm7913]

Kill a bear?

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So the story goes 👍

[@the.shotgun.approach]

Favorite choice of mass murderers in Moscow, Idaho as well.

[@Vladimiravs]

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[@valiantredneck]

So this video is nothing but some greasy commercial…? Great, Now I’ll know what to avoid. WOW…! Pathetic and greasy.